The effect of short-term starvation on ovarian development and egg viability in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) |
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| Authors: | Jose M Ridelman Ronald W Hardy Ernest L Brannon |
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| Institution: | School of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Adult female rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were fed a commercial trout production diet until approximately 40 days prior to spawning at which time the fish were divided in two groups. One group continued to be fed while the other group was starved until spawning. Egg size, egg number, ovary weight, and egg proximate composition were examined periodically starting 5 months before spawning. Muscle tissues of the fish were sampled at spawning to measure somatic depletion of proximate consituents in the two groups. Egg hatchability was determined by incubating test lots from each spawning female. No significant differences (P > 0.05) were found in egg hatchability between the fed and starved groups. Changes in proximate composition were observed in the eggs during the months prior to spawning, but no differences were detected between the eggs of the starved and the fed groups. Short-term starvation did not significantly alter the proximate composition of muscle tissue of the spawned female trout. |
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